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Skills in Web, iOS, and Android

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Why This Matters

The introduction of Skills in Grok signifies a major advancement in AI-powered document and content creation, streamlining workflows for both consumers and businesses. By enabling persistent, customizable skills across conversations, it enhances productivity, reduces repetitive tasks, and offers tailored solutions, making AI tools more versatile and user-centric in the tech industry.

Key Takeaways

Today, we're launching Skills. Teach Grok something once and it remembers across every conversation. No more repeating your preferences, formatting rules, or workflow steps.

Every Grok account ships with built-in skills from xAI, with no setup required. If you want to customize one, just override it with your own version. Yours always takes priority.

Word Documents xAI Create and edit .docx with full formatting Presentations xAI Build slide decks from scratch Spreadsheets xAI Generate formatted spreadsheets and analyze data PDFs xAI Create, merge, split, and extract from PDFs Skill Creator xAI Build new custom skills through conversation

Need a formatted invoice, a pitch deck, or a budget spreadsheet? Grok generates production-ready Word docs, PowerPoint slides, Excel files, and PDFs, all styled and ready to share. You can also upload existing files and Grok will restructure, polish, or expand them.

Presentations Build complete slide decks for pitches, quarterly reviews, and workshops with strong visual hierarchy and speaker notes. “ Design a Leadership Strategic Thinking Workshop deck with exercises, frameworks, and takeaways. ” Word Documents Generate polished invoices, contracts, proposals, and resumes with full formatting — headings, tables, bullet points, and consistent styling. “ Create a professional enterprise invoice for APEX-2026-0547 with line items, tax, and payment terms. ” Spreadsheets Generate formatted spreadsheets with formulas, color-coded sections, and clear structure — budgets, dashboards, and forecasts. “ Create a monthly budget tracker with income, expenses, and savings projections. ” PDF Reports Create polished PDF reports, proposals, and research papers — formatted, styled, and ready to share. “ Generate a PDF report on AI interpretability formatted for conference submission. ”

Creating a skill takes seconds. Describe it in conversation, upload a file, or write one from scratch. Invested time perfecting a format or workflow? Just ask Grok to save everything it learned as a skill so you never have to explain it again.

Skills are live now on Grok 4.3 across grok.com, iOS, and Android.